Together apart: the psychology of COVID-19

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Jetten, Jolanda

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sage Publications 2020 LondonDescription: xv, 159 p.: ill. Includes bibliography and indexISBN:

9781529752090

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DDC classification:

616.2414 J3T6

Summary: Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour – who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 – this book provides a broad but integrated analysis of the psychology of COVID-19 It explores the response to COVID-19 through the lens of social identity theory, drawing from insights provided by four decades of research. Starting from the premise that an effective response to the pandemic depends upon people coming together and supporting each other as members of a common community, the book helps us to understand emerging processes related to social (dis)connectedness, collective behaviour and the societal effects of COVID-19. In this it shows how psychological theory can help us better understand, and respond to, the events shaping the world in 2020. Considering key topics such as: Leadership Communication Risk perception Social isolation Mental health Inequality Misinformation Prejudice and racism Behaviour change Social Disorder This book offers the foundation on which future analysis, intervention and policy can be built. https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/together-apart/book275359

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Table of Contents

Section A. Setting the scene
The need for a social identity analysis of COVID-19
A social identity analysis of COVID-19

Section B. Social influence
Leadership
Compliance and followership
Behaviour change
Conspiracy theories

Section C. Social (dis)connectedness
Group threat
Risk perception
Social isolation
Ageing and connectedness
Collective trauma

Section D. Collective behaviour
Crowds
Emergencies and disasters
Solidarity
Managing crowds in crises
Social order and disorder

Section E. Intergroup relations
Inequality
Polarization
Prejudice and discrimination
Common identity and humanity

Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour – who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 – this book provides a broad but integrated analysis of the psychology of COVID-19
It explores the response to COVID-19 through the lens of social identity theory, drawing from insights provided by four decades of research. Starting from the premise that an effective response to the pandemic depends upon people coming together and supporting each other as members of a common community, the book helps us to understand emerging processes related to social (dis)connectedness, collective behaviour and the societal effects of COVID-19. In this it shows how psychological theory can help us better understand, and respond to, the events shaping the world in 2020.
Considering key topics such as:
Leadership
Communication
Risk perception
Social isolation
Mental health
Inequality
Misinformation
Prejudice and racism
Behaviour change
Social Disorder
This book offers the foundation on which future analysis, intervention and policy can be built.

https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/together-apart/book275359

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